Evebett a



' (ModL) E. A. HIGH. Clothes Line Fastening. No. 235,964. Patented Dec.',2 8,1880..

N. PEIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASMNGTUNv Dv C,

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVERETT A. RICE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,964, dated December 28, 1880.

Application filed May 17, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT A. RICE, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenin gs for Clothes-Lines, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for fastening clothes-lines which are designed to be secured to the window-frames of the dwelling; and the objects of my improvements are to bring the line in immediate proximity to the person at the window, and thereby obviate the dangers attendant upon the necessity of reaching out to grasp the line.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved fastener in an upright position and locked ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a detail side view of the pulley-frame.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both. views.

a represents the frame of the window, to the lower part of which, resting on the sill, is secured a cast-iron plate, b,loy means of screws.

0 is a vertical arm, which is loosely hung to the plate b by a pin, d, which passes through the lugs e e of the plate and through the head or tubular portion f of the arm 0. As this arm cis hung on the inside of the frame, where the blinds are likewise hung, I provide the inwardly-bent portion g, in order that it may not, when in position in the window, as shown in Fig. 1, interfere with the blind hooks or hangers. This bent portion also serves as a more easy and ready means of manipulating the arm-that is, in raising or lowering it from the window.

The upper part of the arm 0 has pivoted to it a short curved horizontal arm or branch, h,-

' or, if preferable, the whole maybe cast in one piece. This short arm is sufficiently bent or (ModeL) the clothes upon the line without inclining forward or leaning out of the window.

The short arm h terminates in the prongs it, the lower one provided with the hole 1" and the upper with the recess j. These prongs serve as bearings for the cast-iron frame k, which has projecting pins 1 l on the upper and lower ends, the lower one of which passes through the hole 6, and the upper one rests in the recess j. Within this-frame is hung, by a pin, m, the pulley n, the pin having bearings in the lugs 0 0. Thus it will be seen that the frame turns freely and adjusts itself to any angle to accommodate the direction of the line. The rope or clothes-line passes round the pulley n, and is secured to and passes over a pulley arranged at some opposite and convenient position. Should the line be attached at a point distant from the window and considerably out of a horizontal position, the frame will readily turn to accommodate it.

In order to secure the arm 0 in a vertical position when the line is in use, I provide a latch, 19, which is pivoted at a convenient point on the inner side of the frame of the window, and which may be hooked over the arm to hold it in a secure manner. By releasing the latch the arm is thrown down. When in use the arm is locked in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to slacken the line after the clothes are .removed, the arm is unlocked and thrown over and outwardly until it lies in a horizontal position on the windowsill. Evenif the arm- 0 is in an upright position the blind can be swung in without interfering with it in any way.

I claim- A clothes-line-fastenin g device consisting of the hinged arm 0, provided with the curved portion g and curved forked arm h, the frame k, pulley n, and latch 12, all constructed to operate substantially as set forth.

EVERETT A. RICE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM GLANCEY, WILLIAM MoRRIs. 

